Ecological interactions between the vase tunicate (Ciona intestinalis) and the farmed blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) in Nova Scotia, Canada

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 177-187

  Daigle, Rémi M ^a,b   Herbinger, Christophe M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Aquatic invasive species; Biofouling; Ciona intestinalis; Impact; Meat yield; Mytilus edulis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857005903     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2009.4.1.18     Document Type: Article

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